MPI

Metropolitan Area

Per capita Income

Median Income

    Percent Poor

2000

1990

2000

1990

2000

1990

2000

1990

1

3

San Jose, CA

$32,795

$26,494

$74,335

$62,386

7.53

7.50

2

1

Nassau-Suffolk, NY

$29,278

$27,116

$68,351

$66,902

5.61

4.24

3

2

Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV

$30,350

$27,169

$60,731

$59,552

7.43

6.57

4

6

San Francisco, CA

$36,651

$28,617

$63,297

$52,556

8.40

9.03

5

10

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

$26,219

$21,696

$53,450

$47,311

6.71

8.10

6

7

Boston, MA-NH

$29,227

$24,907

$54,340

$52,148

8.56

8.13

7

4

Bergen-Passaic, NJ

$29,269

$27,483

$59,405

$58,426

7.56

6.04

8

8

Oakland, CA

$28,241

$24,377

$59,365

$52,720

9.68

9.33

9

15

Denver, CO

$26,206

$21,465

$51,191

$42,637

8.09

9.73

10

9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA

$27,751

$23,107

$52,804

$46,888

7.94

7.62

11

12

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

$24,698

$20,245

$48,845

$41,545

10.25

10.62

12

5

Orange County, CA

$25,826

$25,815

$58,820

$59,600

10.33

8.48

13

11

Newark, NJ

$28,435

$25,790

$56,957

$54,732

9.66

8.77

14

16

Atlanta, GA

$25,033

$21,636

$51,948

$46,213

9.40

10.14

15

40

Austin-San Marcos, TX

$24,516

$18,399

$48,950

$36,292

11.07

15.92

16

13

Baltimore, MD

$24,398

$21,555

$49,938

$47,485

9.80

10.04

17

20

Kansas City, MO-KS

$23,327

$19,507

$45,636

$40,960

8.47

9.83

18

17

Chicago, IL

$25,011

$21,652

$51,680

$47,115

10.52

11.29

19

21

Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT

$19,781

$15,612

$48,594

$40,081

7.66

9.42

20

14

Philadelphia, PA-NJ

$23,874

$21,224

$47,345

$45,957

11.13

10.43

21

36

Detroit, MI

$24,354

$20,311

$49,175

$44,518

10.71

13.12

22

25

Columbus, OH

$23,020

$18,867

$44,782

$39,728

10.08

11.92

23

23

Indianapolis, IN

$23,198

$19,385

$45,548

$40,643

8.57

9.89

24

31

Dallas, TX

$24,342

$21,049

$48,364

$42,399

11.09

12.26

25

30

Nashville, TN

$22,874

$18,872

$44,223

$39,186

10.10

11.32

26

22

Charlotte, NC-SC

$23,417

$18,888

$45,607

$40,293

9.34

9.63

27

18

Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA

$23,321

$19,496

$46,613

$40,283

9.46

9.88

28

29

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

$23,124

$18,678

$43,561

$39,406

9.69

11.60

29

24

St. Louis, MO-IL

$22,698

$19,270

$43,768

$41,167

9.95

10.77

30

27

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

$23,158

$19,181

$45,901

$41,978

10.61

11.56

31

34

Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

$22,115

$19,267

$45,962

$41,678

10.29

11.01

32

19

San Diego, CA

$22,926

$21,051

$47,067

$45,454

12.43

11.34

33

35

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH

$22,321

$18,950

$42,089

$39,391

10.82

11.96

34

26

Sacramento, CA

$22,607

$20,208

$46,602

$43,084

12.18

11.32

35

41

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ

$21,907

$19,041

$44,752

$39,391

12.01

12.90

36

33

Orlando, FL

$21,232

$18,937

$41,871

$39,211

10.68

10.10

37

28

Greensboro, NC

$21,392

$18,759

$40,913

$37,695

10.41

9.87

38

32

Fort Lauderdale, FL

$23,170

$21,912

$41,691

$39,677

11.51

10.19

39

37

Pittsburgh, PA

$20,935

$17,891

$37,467

$34,597

10.81

12.11

40

38

Norfolk, VA-NC

$20,328

$17,478

$41,856

$39,931

10.63

11.44

41

44

Houston, TX

$21,806

$19,533

$44,655

$40,806

13.89

15.12

42

42

Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

$21,784

$18,656

$37,406

$33,791

11.15

11.39

43

39

Providence, RI-MA

$21,208

$19,077

$41,090

$41,398

11.78

9.49

44

49

San Antonio, TX

$18,518

$15,351

$39,140

$33,808

15.08

19.51

45

47

Las Vegas, NV-AZ

$21,210

$19,166

$42,043

$38,966

11.07

10.93

46

43

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

$20,683

$20,959

$42,189

$45,380

17.91

15.07

47

50

New Orleans, LA

$18,834

$15,580

$35,317

$31,689

18.38

21.31

48

46

New York, NY

$24,076

$22,586

$41,053

$41,088

19.48

17.47

49

45

Riverside-San Bernardino, CA

$17,726

$18,013

$42,404

$43,192

15.05

12.15

50

48

Miami, FL

$18,497

$17,762

$35,966

$34,924

17.97

17.94

Source: Lewis Mumford Center, 2002.